Mati Doctor’s Academy

National Highway, Dahican, City of Mati

1st Monthly Exam
Philosophy

Name: ______________________________________________ Grade/Strand/Section:_____________

Date: _____________________

I- Multiple choice. Read each item carefully, choose the letter of the best answer and place
your answer on the blank provided before each number.

___1. The word “Philosophy” comes from two Greek words. What Greek word means wisdom?
a. Philo b. Logike c. Logos d. Sophia
___2. Philosophy is a ______ because the investigation is systematic.
a. Science b. Natural light of reason c. Study of All Things d. Highest principle
___3. Philosophers uses natural capacity to think or simply, human reason alone.
a. Science b. Natural light of reason c. Study of All Things d. Highest principle
___4. A philosopher studies human beings, society, religion, language, God, and plants, among other
reasons.
a. Science b. Natural light of reason c. Study of All Things d. Highest principle
___5. Philosophy originally meant___________.
a. Love of Enemy b. Love of Diversity c. Love of Unity d. Love of Wisdom
___6. The branch of philosophy that deals with nature, sources, limitations and validity of knowledge.
a. Epistemology b. Logic c. Aesthetics d. Ethics
___7. The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of moral judgments.
a. Epistemology b. Logic c. Aesthetics d. Ethics
___8. ________ is the concern of a logician.
a. Morality b. Reasoning c. to tell good from evil d. creativity
___9. This is a Filipino belief that says, “A human being is like a bird who flies up and goes down” and
hence, looks at life as a series of ups and downs.
a. Bahala na b. Kabutihang loob c. Pakikisama d. Gulong ng palad
___10. This is a Filipino belief of reciprocating debts of gratitude between coordinates and subordinates
holds the whole group together ---superordinate and subordinate.
a. Kabutihang loob b. Pakikisama c. Utang na loob d. Gulong ng palad
___11. This is a method of philosophizing that focuses on careful inspection and description of
phenomena or appearances, defined as any object of conscious experience, that is, which we are
conscious of.
a. Phenomenology b. Analytic Tradition c. Consciousness d. Existentialism
___12. _____ is a defect in an argument other than its having false premises.
a. Opinion b. Argument c. Fallacy d. Ignorance
___13. Ana bought a bag of apple. She picked one, eat it, and found out to be rotten. Ana says that the
apples she bought are all rotten. What type of fallacy is this?
a. Composition b. Equivocation c. Composition d. Division
___14. Danny wants to pray. She opens his Twitter account and starts typing his prayer mentioning some
friends included in his prayers. What type of fallacy is this?
a. Appeal to Pity b, Appeal to People c. Appeal to Ignorance d. Appeal to Force
___15. Katik said that her stomach is painful. Her mother got mad and said that it is because of her
cellphone habits that caused her stomach painful. What fallacy is this?
a. False cause b. Begging the question c. Hasty generalization d. Division

II- Differentiation. (5 points each)

1. Induction vs. Deduction

2. Logic vs. Ethics

3. Eastern vs. Western philosophical frames

4. Truth vs. Opinion

III- Essay (15 points)

1. What is “Abundance”?